These past few weeks, we’ve seen more sclerosis in Washington, this time with the farm bill. On a topic that begged for compromise, everyone dug in, and there was celebration in some quarters even as they were spitting ashes out of their mouths.
Last month, we learned that Gov. Mike Pence was in New York attending an Indiana economic development event in Yankee Stadium. Earlier, he had been at a Republican Governors Association conference in New Orleans. A few days later, he was in Maryland to keynote a national confab on school choice.
It was lunchtime reading unlike any other Craig Dunn had seen.
When it comes to President Barack Obama and Hoosiers, well, it’s complicated.
One thing is clear in the troubling weeks following the loss of a Republican U.S. Senate seat in Indiana: Chris Chocola will not give up easily in his quest for ideological purity.
A couple of days after Richard Mourdock upset U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar in the May primary, Howard County Republican Chairman Craig Dunn called me. Would I be open to a “clear the air” meeting with Mourdock?
Last summer, when the conservative Americans for Prosperity dumped $700,000 into Indiana on a TV ad attacking Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Joe Donnelly, I posted a story on the Howey Politics Indiana website talking about how the Super PAC was running the ad “on behalf” of Republican Senate nominee Richard Mourdock.
With every public survey since the May primary repeatedly showing Republican U.S. Senate nominee Richard Mourdock in a dead heat with Democrat Joe Donnelly, the Indiana treasurer has taken on a remake of his battered image.
You say you want a revolution? You believe we need constitutional term limits?
After the Arizona ruling, the issue only gets more complicated for Republicans.
He has about 2-1/2 years to bone up on his Tea Party cred.
Forget about your heart and look at the numbers.
Daniels acknowledged much of the agenda will be unfulfilled when he leaves office.
Websites for the candidates have no “policy” sections.
Could there be new collusion in the appraisal network?
Daniels is coming off of seismic education reforms.
A male candidate is more likely to get away with the bare-knuckled political brawls than a young mother.
When it comes to investment in mass transit, the critics always point out the costs.
We find that Barack Obama and possibly Hillary Clinton did not actually qualify for the 2008 presidential primary.
In addition to his clothes, confidentiality and dignity, he has been stripped of his committee chairmanships.
